"A Thought of Ignorance" is a Hong Kong drama film released in 2016, starring Tsang Chi-wai, Yu Wenle, Fang Haowei and Jin Yanling, the story tells the story of a securities company employee Ah Dong (Yu Wenle), who originally had a fiancée Tan Sihui (Played by Fang Haowei) who was about to get married and had a good future, but because of the long-term care of his bedridden mother (Jin Yanling), and borrowed a large amount of money to invest in friends, under the blow of this double pressure, Ah Dong killed his own mother on a night when his sanity was broken. But because he suffered from bipolar disorder, he was sentenced to a psychiatric hospital for treatment...
The story presentation of "A Thought of Ignorance" is constantly interspersed with memories, revealing Adong's tragic past bit by bit, and also explaining the real reason for his mother-killing, but this narrative method does not make the atmosphere of the film fragmented, but because the tone is very consistent, it gradually warms up, the emotions become more and more depressed, and gradually forced the audience's tear gland switch.
Although "A Thought of Ignorance" is mainly told through stories, the world's verbal bullying and disregard for people with mental illness, and appealing to the public to open their hearts to accept and care for them.
But I think that the strongest point of this film is not here, but depicts the dilemma and entanglement of the original family, describing the male protagonist's escape from the family from his father, his brother to the United States to develop but ask about the situation at home, alone in the face of an elderly mother who is very unstable, while taking care of and being insulted by dirty words, I believe that not only Ah Dong, anyone who stands in his position will absolutely be driven crazy, after all, as the saying goes, "long illness without filial piety".
"A Thought of Ignorance" has two bridge sections of Yu Wenle and Zeng Zhiwei's rivalry, both of which are fierce confessions of opening the skylight to say bright words, Ah Dong has his dissatisfaction and resentment, the Yellow Sea also has its point of remorse and helplessness, both sides are trapped by life and reality, and struggle to catch their breath of the trapped beast fight, these two paragraphs under the interpretation of Yu Wenle and Zeng Zhiwei's divine acting skills, become extremely moving and tear-inducing, but also push the heavy and high-pressure atmosphere of this film to the extreme,
The ending of "A Thought of Ignorance" is slightly more straightforward, with a straight to the end of the verbal bullying to draw the end, although this seems straightforward and clear at a glance, but the residual energy after viewing is not enough, if you can more abstract and symbolic picture shots, you may be able to give the audience a very imaginative space of staying power and discussion.
Although "A Thought of Ignorance" did not force out my tears, but after watching it, the mood was very heavy and depressed, as if overwhelmed by a great sadness, although this film is a little off the theme of mental illness discrimination, there are some minor flaws in the narrative, but this is completely flawed, it is difficult to deny that this film will occupy a place in the history of Hong Kong cinema in recent years.